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A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 59 1 3 8 279
Automated Linking of Historical Data 1 1 3 58 4 5 13 148
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 0 1 1 48 0 5 6 288
Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing 0 0 2 51 1 2 20 79
Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration 1 1 2 112 1 3 14 390
Demography and Population Loss from Central Cities, 1950-2000 0 0 1 20 0 0 3 133
Does Condominium Development Lead to Gentrification? 0 1 1 28 1 3 6 81
Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches 25 28 28 28 25 29 29 29
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization 0 0 3 36 0 0 3 154
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 1 1 2 91 2 3 10 542
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 1 2 23 1 2 6 252
Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 112 0 1 4 228
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 0 203 0 6 18 680
Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000 0 0 0 57 0 0 1 269
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries 0 0 2 146 2 2 7 334
Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries 2 26 26 26 4 23 23 23
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION 0 0 2 51 0 0 3 173
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 0 1 5 36 1 3 15 27
Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office 0 0 1 18 0 7 16 161
Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch 0 0 0 54 1 1 1 344
Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 77
Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities 0 0 2 65 1 1 8 307
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 118
The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 4 47 3 5 12 171
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression 0 0 0 177 1 1 6 1,825
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data 0 0 3 176 1 3 10 452
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 4 119 3 8 22 223
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 0 23 2 3 6 66
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War 0 0 2 70 0 2 12 213
The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 0 85 0 0 7 120
The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 1 11 0 0 5 21
The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 44 1 1 2 104
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 2 2 78 0 3 5 89
Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 0 1 18 239 1 2 36 380
Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 33 0 0 2 73
WHITE SUBURBANIZATION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOME OWNERSHIP, 1940-1980 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 149
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 0 1 153 0 0 4 1,278
White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools 0 0 1 9 0 0 2 39
White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 0 0 0 27 0 1 2 169
Total Working Papers 30 64 119 2,700 57 129 348 10,488


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 1 1 7 130 4 8 26 605
A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 1 1 1 73 1 2 8 454
African American Urban History Since World War II. Edited by Kenneth L. Kuzmer and Joe W. Trotter. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Pp. v, 536 0 0 0 12 0 0 1 125
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 6 20 1 1 22 101
Black Migration, White Flight: The Effect of Black Migration on Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 183
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970 0 3 6 48 1 5 11 234
Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 3 17 0 1 8 58
Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? 0 0 1 24 0 0 5 97
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 1 2 5 268 1 2 12 913
Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration 0 0 1 70 2 5 14 506
Immigration in American Economic History 0 1 1 80 3 11 29 375
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries 0 1 5 154 4 6 19 386
Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities 0 0 1 51 0 1 9 236
Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century 0 4 7 156 1 6 21 949
Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States. Edited by Nancy Foner and George M. Fredrickson. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2004. Pp. ix, 390. $45.00 0 0 0 27 1 1 1 134
Population Trends as a Counterweight to Central City Decline, 1950–2000 0 0 1 13 1 1 3 68
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 1 1 40 0 1 4 276
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression 1 1 10 293 2 4 26 1,266
The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000 1 7 9 76 5 14 26 288
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War 0 0 1 36 2 4 12 165
The New Suburban History. Edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. 289. $24, paper 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 139
The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data 0 0 9 85 5 10 43 294
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 1 1 4 0 3 7 72
Variation in Women's Success across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 20 0 0 6 127
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 1 8 147 2 9 40 771
Total Journal Articles 5 24 84 1,922 36 95 353 8,822


Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 106
Human Capital in History: The American Record 0 0 0 0 1 1 19 261
Total Books 0 0 0 0 1 3 32 367


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Black Migration from the South in Historical Context 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21
Black Migration, White Flight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Competition in Northern Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 22
Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 8
Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 16
Indexes 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 16
Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" 0 0 0 24 0 0 1 144
Introduction to "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives" 2 2 4 4 3 4 15 27
Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21
The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 1 5 20 0 2 18 108
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th Century United States 0 1 3 3 0 5 8 21
Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Total Chapters 2 4 12 58 6 15 52 453


Statistics updated 2025-03-03